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Christ saw a way so clearly – a hymn inspired by Mark 7: 1-8

Christ saw a way so clearly – inspired by Mark 7: 1-8

1 Christ saw a way so clearly
that others feared to tread;
with those who were discarded
he deigned to rest his head.

2 The poor he suffered gladly,
at hypocrites he’d rant;
his vision was not clouded
by sanctimonious cant.

3 He died, but still those faces
look on with mild disgust;
naivety that’s guileless,
the flaw they could not trust.

4 He’ll whirl and dance before them,
his song will fill the air;
we’ll join the dance he started,
in spite of our despair;

5 For he has spun a rainbow
of singing, shining light;
his leap to love and freedom
defies the darkest night.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2002 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 7 6 7 6 Iambic
Tune: CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN

Full Service Resources for the Three Year Lectionary

If you need worship resources for services, complete service outlines with hymns, prayers and sermon ideas are available by going to https://www.theworshipcloud.com/search?search=Full+service&type_id=2 This link and then enter ‘Full Service Pratt’ into the search. This will bring up resources by myself and Majorie Dobson

Publishing new hymns – UPDATE – SUBMISSIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

Singing the Faith plus has been updated and is accepting new material to its web-site for consideration for publication.

Open for hymn submissions
After a period of looking at how we receive new hymns and songs for possible publication on StF+, we’re now open for business again.   We do have a number of texts and tunes received during our ‘moratorium’ period and, more recently, via our new online form. We’re working through these and authors will be contacted once our new, expanded submissions team has had a chance to make its assessments.   If you are thinking of sending us a new hymn, please take time to read through our refreshed criteria. The are quite detailed but have been thought through with care and give the best sense of what kind of material is most likely to catch our attention.   All you need to know is on the StF Submitting hymns page. We look forward to hearing from you!

Conditions for submission are available here.

New hymns on the site can be seen here.

Suggestions of hymns for the Lectionary can be seen here.